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[perl #114936] perlipc-manpage doesn't describe perlipc command
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From:
Linda Walsh
Date:
September 16, 2012 14:37
Subject:
[perl #114936] perlipc-manpage doesn't describe perlipc command
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-11172-1347831418-520.114936-75-0@perl.org
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This is a bug report for perl from perl-diddler@tlinx.org,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.14.2.
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I just noticed this (again, really), that perlipc isn't
a command, yet when I look up commands relevant to "something",
it shows me me perlipc(1).
It certainly isn't about the perlipc command! ;-)
Likely, since it is about a concept rather than a specific
command, it should be in section (5), but having it come
up listed in the user-commands section(1), is definitely off.
In looking at the perl manpages, it looks like perl is just
ignoring manpage categories all-together. I don't why perl
is not following the 25-year old standard, but it sticks out
like a wart -- python doesn't have this problem (not that I'm
a great fan of python, but at least it doesn't clutter up
section one with a bunch of things that aren't commands).
There are over 200 perl "commands" documented, that should
be able to be entered on the command line:
> ls /usr/share/man/man1/perl*|wc
202 202 9639
In section 3, mostly cpan functions are documented, but
oddly, so is the 'pod' format -- which should be under
section '5'...
Given the magnitude of the problem, I doubt this can be
fixed with a wave of the hand (but what do I know!?)...
But I hope people would agree that it really should
be fixed as we go forward... For reference, the manpage
sections are usually able to be found by doing a 'man man',
and, at least on my system, do state the purpose of each
section:
The table below shows the section numbers of the manual followed by the
types of pages they contain.
0 Header files (usually found in /usr/include)
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Special files (usually found in /dev)
5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conven-
tions), e.g. man(7), groff(7)
8 System administration commands (usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
As it is, I don't think it paints perl in a positive light.
Ideas? Something that can be fixed. Over time? Or necessary
for backward compatibility with obscurity? ;^/
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Flags:
category=docs
severity=low
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This perlbug was built using Perl 5.14.2 - Wed Feb 8 15:59:25 UTC 2012
It is being executed now by Perl 5.14.2 - Wed Feb 8 15:55:36 UTC 2012.
Site configuration information for perl 5.14.2:
Configured by abuild at Wed Feb 8 15:55:36 UTC 2012.
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration:
Platform:
osname=linux, osvers=3.1.0-1.2-default, archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi
uname='linux build09 3.1.0-1.2-default #1 smp thu nov 3 14:45:45 utc 2011 (187dde0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dinstallusrbinperl -Dusethreads -Di_db -Di_dbm -Di_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Dd_dbm_open -Duseshrplib=true -Doptimize=-fmessage-length=0 -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wall -pipe -Accflags=-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
optimize='-fmessage-length=0 -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wall -pipe',
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.6.2', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib64 -fstack-protector'
libpth=/lib64 /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib64
libs=-lm -ldl -lcrypt -lpthread
perllibs=-lm -ldl -lcrypt -lpthread
libc=/lib64/libc-2.14.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
gnulibc_version='2.14.1'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.14.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib64 -fstack-protector'
Locally applied patches:
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@INC for perl 5.14.2:
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14.2
/usr/lib/perl5/5.14.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.14.2
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
.
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Environment for perl 5.14.2:
HOME=/home/law
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE (unset)
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
LOGDIR (unset)
PATH=.:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/home/law/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/usr/lib/qt3/bin:/usr/sbin:/etc/local/func_lib:/home/law/lib:/home/law/bin/lib
PERL5OPT=-CSA
PERL_BADLANG (unset)
SHELL=/bin/bash
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